Media Contact:
Cindi Dunsmoor: (530) 552-3333 | cdunsmoor@buttecounty.net
Kira Souders: (530) 552-3321 | ksouders@buttecounty.net

 

Butte County, CA -- Butte County is partnering with the incorporated communities and several special districts to update their 2014 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). Floods, drought, wildfires, and severe weather are just a few of the hazards of concern to our local communities. While natural hazards such as these cannot be prevented, an LHMP forms the foundation for a community's long-term strategy to reduce disaster losses by breaking the repeated cycle of disaster damage and reconstruction. Communities with a FEMA-approved LHMP are eligible to apply for both pre- and post-disaster mitigation grant funding.

The people most aware of potential hazards are the people that live and work in the affected communities. In addition to plan participation by local, state and federal agencies, the community is seeking members of the public to participate in our LHMP Update process.

An initial public information meeting will be held in the following location:
February 5, 2019
LHMP Public Information Meeting at 6:00pm
Board of Supervisors Chambers25 County Center Dr., Suite 205, Oroville, CA

For more information and to review the 2014 LHMP document, please go to http://www.buttecounty.net/oem/mitigationplans

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Dr. Andy Miller, Butte County Health Officer, has issued a hazard advisory strongly suggesting no habitation of destroyed property until property is declared clear of hazardous waste and structural ash and debris by Butte County Environmental Health. 

 

Multiple state, regional, and local agencies are preparing for the potential impacts of storm weather in wildfire-impacted areas within Butte County and want to ensure community members are also prepared.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Friday morning for the Camp Fire in Butte County. Rainfall over the burn areas is possible at times.

As of Monday, November 19, 2018, 1,635 animals are being housed at four different shelter locations in Butte County by the Butte County Animal Control, North Valley Animal Disaster Group and the Humane Society of the United States.